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King James I

James I, king of England, poses in cape and hat in this twentieth-century painting based on a contemporary portrait of the monarch by Flemish artist Le Jeune F. Pourbus. James I succeeded his cousin Queen Elizabeth I as ruler in 1603, forging the union of the English and Scottish crowns. Before ascending the English throne, he had ruled Scotland since 1567 as James VI.

Original Author: Charles X. Harris, after original by Le Jeune F. Pourbus